PRINTER'S NO. 1408

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

1015

Session of

2018

INTRODUCED BY MARTIN, AUMENT, RAFFERTY, YUDICHAK, BARTOLOTTA,

WHITE, SCHWANK, COSTA, BROWNE, TARTAGLIONE, STEFANO, WAGNER,

DiSANTO AND LANGERHOLC, JANUARY 17, 2018

for visual and audible signals on emergency vehicles.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The definitions of "emergency service responder"

and "emergency vehicle" in section 102 of Title 75 of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:

§ 102. Definitions.

Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent

provisions of this title which are applicable to specific

provisions of this title, the following words and phrases when

cooperative corporations).

or regional municipal special emergency response team which

is authorized to respond to emergencies under 42 Pa.C.S. §

8953 (relating to Statewide municipal police jurisdiction).

"Emergency vehicle." A State or county emergency management

vehicle, fire department vehicle, police vehicle, sheriff

vehicle, ambulance, advanced life support squad vehicle, basic

life support squad vehicle, emergency canteen support service

organization vehicle, blood delivery vehicle, human organ

used for answering emergency calls, a vehicle owned by or leased

to a regional emergency medical services council that is used as

authorized by the Department of Health to respond to an actual

or potential disaster, mass casualty situation or substantial

threat to public health, a vehicle owned by a county or regional

police association and operated by a police officer that is used

for police transport or victim extraction, a vehicle that is

owned and operated by a county correctional institution in a

city of the first class and used to respond to an emergency at a

correctional institution in a city of the first class or to

in accordance with 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 55 (relating to parking

authorities) and used in the enforcement of 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 57

(relating to taxicabs and limousines in first class cities), a

vehicle owned and operated by the Pennsylvania Turnpike

Commission that is used by an emergency service responder as

dispatched by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission's traffic

operations center, or any other vehicle designated by the State

Police under section 6106 (relating to designation of emergency

vehicles by Pennsylvania State Police), or a privately owned

vehicle used in answering an emergency call when used by any of

assistant chief.

commander.

hazardous materials response team.

§ 4571. Visual and audible signals on emergency vehicles.

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(b.2) Police officer special emergency response team

members.--A privately owned vehicle used in responding to an

emergency under 42 Pa.C.S. § 8953 (relating to Statewide

municipal police jurisdiction) by a police officer who is also a

member of a county or regional special emergency response team

shall be equipped with revolving or flashing red lights and an

audible warning system in accordance with subsection (a) subject

to the lights and audible warning system being returned to the

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(f) Conformity with department regulations.--Except as

provided under [subsection] subsections (b.1)(1.1) and (b.2),

all equipment authorized or required by this section shall

conform to department regulations.